2. Dynamics

BIG IDEA 1 - Systems

How can the properties of internal and gravitational mass be experimentally verified to be the same? 

How do you decide what to believe about scientific claims?

How does something we cannot see determine how an object behaves? 

BIG IDEA 2 - Fields

How do objects with mass respond when placed in a gravitational field?

Why is the acceleration due to gravity constant on Earth’s surface? 

Big Idea 3 - Force Interactions

Are different kinds of forces really different?

How can Newton’s laws of motion be used to predict the behavior of objects? 

BIG IDEA 4  - Change 

Why does the same push change the motion of a shopping cart more than the motion of a car?